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MAU22203 Analysis in several real variables

Module Code MAU22203
Module Title Analysis in several real variables
Semester taught Semester 1
ECTS Credits 5
Module Lecturer Dr. Adam Kielthy
Module Prerequisites
 
 
MAU11100 Linear algebra,
MAU11202 Advanced calculus and
MAU11204 Analysis on the real line

Assessment Details

  • This module is examined in a 2-hour examination at the end of Semester 1.
  • Continuous assessment contributes 20% towards the overall mark.
  • The module is passed if the overall mark for the module is 40% or more. If the overall mark for the module is less than 40% and there is no possibility of compensation, the module will be reassessed as follows: 
    1) A failed exam in combination with passed continuous assessment will be reassessed by an exam in the supplemental session; 
    2) The combination of a failed exam and failed continuous assessment is reassessed by the supplemental exam; 
    3) A failed continuous assessment in combination with a passed exam will be reassessed by one or more summer assignments in advance of the supplemental session.

Contact Hours

11 weeks of teaching with 3 lectures per week.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to

  • Justify with logical arguments basic results concerning the convergence of sequences in Euclidean spaces and the continuity of vector-valued functions defined on subsets of Euclidean spaces.
  • Expound significant aspects of the theory of differentiability, as it applies to real-valued functions of several real variables.
  • Discuss in substantial detail situations where standard properties of partial derivatives of first and second order satisfied by smooth functions fail to extend to situations where the partial derivatives of first or second order fail to satisfy appropriate continuity conditions.
  • Analyze mathematical configurations specified using the language of convergence and continuity, as it is applied to sequences in Euclidean spaces, and to functions between subsets of Euclidean spaces, so as to construct reasoned logical arguments intended to justify stated properties of such configurations.

Module Content

  • Review of real analysis in one real variable: the real number system, the least upper bound axiom, convergence of monotonic sequences, Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem in one variable, extreme value theorem, differentiation, Rolle's theorem, mean value theorem, Taylor's theorem, aspects of the theory of integration.
  • Analysis in several real variables: convergence of sequences of points in Euclidean spaces, continuity of vector-valued functions of several real variables, Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem for sequences of points in Euclidean spaces, extreme value theorem for functions of several real variables.
  • Differentiability for functions of several variables: partial and total derivatives, chain rule for functions of several real variables, properties of second order partial derivatives, inverse function theorem, implicit function theorem.

Recommended Reading

  • Principles of mathematical analysis by Walter Rudin.